Clothes-drier.



PATENTED' SEPT. 29, 1903.

' E. J.- WILLIAMS.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION IILBD MAY 11, 1903.

I0 MODEL.

W ITNESSES:

UNITED STATss Patented September 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN J. WILLIAMS, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

CLOTH ES-DIRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,068, dated September 29, 1903.

Application filed May 11, 1903. Serial No. 156,711. (No model.)

for use or be allowed to hang vertically when at rest. In the latter position the device occupies very little space.

The device is removably attachable to a wall or post and while strong and durable is very simple in construction and extremely low in cost.

The accompanyingdrawings illustrate the invention, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation with part of the arms in operative position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig; 3 is a'plan of the under side of part of an arm. Fig. 4 is a support for the arm enlarged and with an arm in cross-section thereon, and Fig. 5 is an arm-holder enlarged and part of an arm vertically disposed and in section thereon. Fig.

' 6 is a fragmentary vertical section on line 00 so of Fig. 1, showing a single arm in operative position.

The various parts of the invention are referred to by letters, similar letters denoting corresponding parts in the several views.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates the bracketed body of the device. It is formed, preferably, with a vertical back a, sides I) b, and asemicircular cross-bar or shelf 0. Holes (1 d are. provided in the back a, by which the body is hung upon pins 6 c, fixed in the wall or post, to which it is attached.

ff are the arms upon which articles are to be hung for drying. These arms are made, preferably, of light strong wood, and each one has a small cross-hole 9 near its inner end and a metal bearing-plate h on its under side near the inner end. This plate it, however, is not an essentialfeature of the invention.

t' r are arm-holders, preferably threaded at one end. Each of these holders has its plain end j bent at a right angle. These holders are inserted into the under side of the shelf 0, preferably in a semicircular arrangement near the middle of the shelf.

la 7c are supports, preferably threaded, each one also bent at a right angle and having a head or button Z. These supports 70 are inserted in the under side of the shelf a in a semicircle near the outer edge of said shelf to support the arms ff in a horizontal position.

For the sake of uniformity and convenience the supports and holders have their lower ends bent to the observers right.

The parts of this device are assembled by inserting the holders in the shelf as stated and by hooking upon them the armsff by 7 means of the holes g g, with the plates it turned toward the body A. The supports -7.: are inserted as already explained and so spaced that when the arms are raisedand disposed upon the bent portions of the supports 70 70 said arms will stand out radially from the body A and the plates h h will bear upon the bent portions of the supports. As each arm is adjustable independently of the other arms, the widest latitude is secured to adapt the device to the place and circumstances of its use.

Having now described my invention in its construction and as to the manner of using it, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A clothes-drier having a bracket on its body and adjustable arms with cross-holes therein, threaded holders in the under side of said bracket each having a bent end to engage said cross-holes in said arms and threaded arm-supports each having a bent end and a head thereon in the under side of said'bracket as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN J. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

WALTER O. WIscoMB, JESSE JAMES. 

